Suga r Molasses Syrup.,, 



sorghum we get a sweet syrup, and from pota- 

 toes and other vegetables a sweet liquid called 

 glucose is obtained, which is sometimes used to 

 adulterate sugars and syrups. 



Sugar- Cane. 



26. Sugar-cane is raised from cuttings planted every 

 two or three years. It was first cultivated in Asia, then 

 in Spain in the ninth century. Soon after the discovery 

 of America it was introduced into Mexico, the W^est 

 Indies, and Brazil. 



27. Now it is cultivated in Louisiana, Texas, Flo- 

 rida, and the other States which border on the Gulf of 

 Mexico ; in Brazil, Guiana, Venezuela, Bolivia, the 

 West Indies, Mexico, and Central America ; in 

 China, Japan, and Farther India ; in Egypt, Libe- 

 ria, and Zanguebar ; and in the Sandwich Islands, 

 Society Islands, and other islands which have a warm 

 climate. 



